High-resolution flat-panel volumetric CT images show no correlation between human age and sagittal suture obliteration-Independent of sex

Forensic Science International

Volumn 200, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 180.e1-180.e12

  Obert, Martin ^a   Schulte Geers, Christina ^a   Schilling, René L ^b   Harth, Sebastian ^a   Kläver, Monika ^a   Traupe, Horst ^a   Ramsthaler, Frank ^c   Verhoff, Marcel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at death determination; Flat panel based volumetric computed tomography; Forensic anthropology population data; Human sagittal suture obliteration

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAGITTAL SUTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953909751     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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